Victorian premier attacks Opposition over union allegiance

The Victorian government has accused the Opposition of looking after its Labor union mates over a key election promise.

Victoria’s Labor Party has announced it would slash vehicle registration for apprentices - but only for a select group in the building industry - if elected.

Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews announced the plan today in Frankston after meeting with building workers.

“It’s a new way of supporting our best and brightest – our youngest apprentices,” he said.

The $26 million scheme will allow those eligible to save $378 dollars a year but only apprentices from five building trades – bricklayers, carpenters, joiners, electricians and plumbers – will initially be eligible for the savings.

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has savaged the move.

“Daniel Andrews and Labor are beholden to the union movement, it’s the union movement that is writing their policies,” he said.